Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 30 10:04:26 EST 1998 | Clint Hardee
Yes, the GEM series feeders are quite different. In fact, if you put CSM feeders on a GEM machine, you will probably break nozzles and crash the head due to the fact that the CSM feeders have a mechanical arm that sticks up toward the front of the bo
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 26 20:30:03 EST 2001 | davef
Dirt => Beer => Girls FACT: * Hybrid circuits in the 1960s that were used to conquer space where the genesis of today's SMT. * Japanese commecialized it to build better transitor radios * UIC & Dynapert fought it tooth and nail. UIC finally got t
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 12 12:03:02 EST 2004 | pjc
The reality is mfg jobs worldwide are going down down down. In fact Asia lost way more mfg jobs - in terms of numbers, not percentage - than NA and Euro. The fact of the matter is less and less people are needed to make more and more products. Pretty
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 21 15:36:19 EST 2002 | slthomas
We're having trouble with a TO-252 DPAK from Fairchild (MC7805CDT) and our existing land pattern. The land pattern calculator on the IPC site doesn't have anything available that matches it (there are no TO-252's available on the pull downs), and I'
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 26 14:26:19 EST 1999 | SMTASSY
The registration went great. I especially love the fact that we can see how many hits were done. At the start I was a little afraid of the change because the site was all I wanted it to be at the time but you guys have proven me wrong it could be bet
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 02 13:35:02 EST 2002 | Mike Konrad
Hi Dave, God no! I am not suggesting that anyone should clean stencils by hand. My answer was facetious. The questioner asked is there was a �cheap and effective� way of cleaning stencils without purchasing equipment. Cleaning stencils by hand m
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 19 12:08:01 EST 2002 | davef
Facts!!! I got facts. Mechanical strength experiments of Sn43/Pb43/Bi14: �Microstructural And Mechanical Characterization Of 43/43/14 Tin/Lead/Bismuth�; J. Marshall, J. Calderon, J. Sees; Soldering And Surface Mount Technology; 10/91, p25-27 Look
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 19 14:31:07 EST 2010 | scottp
Whether or not some fraction of their products are Pb free is irrelevant to the fact that people with absolutely no inside knowledge are out there speculating that Pb free is the root cause of Toyota's current problems. I don't like Pb free any more
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 06 13:45:51 EST 2000 | JAN
Thanks to all who responded. Your help were very important.In fact, we had a problem with the lighting calibration.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 10 12:13:08 EST 2000 | Fred
I noticed a supplier using Windex to clean OA flux (from core solder) from a SMT assembly. A toothbrush was used. Other than the fact that this was manually cleaned, should I be concerned about the Windex?
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